Tampa 7, at St. Lucie 5

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (Interstat) — J.T. Etheridge threw four shutout innings of relief and Hans Montero sparked a three-run ninth inning as the Tampa Tarpons defeated the St. Lucie Mets 7-5 on Thursday at Clover Park. Etheridge, who entered with Tampa trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth, allowed two hits and struck out six over four scoreless innings to improve to 7-1. The left-hander’s performance was a sharp rebound from his previous appearance June 25, when he gave up four earned runs in two innings against Dunedin. The Tarpons improved to 44-34. The Mets fell to 35-41.… Read more...